Improvement in boeing-faucets



A. WEBB. BORING FAUCET.

No. 74,961. Patented Feb. 25, 1868.

fnvenor:

ALFRED WEED, OF BOSTON, MA'SSAGHUSETTS Lette-rs Potent IVO. 74,961, elated February 25, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT 1N BORING-moons.

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TO ALL WI-IOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, ALFRED WEED, of Boston, in the count-y of Suffolk, und State of Massachusetts, have invented nu Improved Faucet; and I do hereby declare that the following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification, is a description of' uiy invention sntieient to-ennble those skilled in the art to practise it.

The invention relates to the construction of faucets'in which provision is made for applying the faucet to' n caslt or other vessel, by means of a. bit connected with oifoimng part of the faucet; und the invention consists iu combining with the bit a valve, which notonlyy covers the induction-end of the faucet, nml prevents entrance `of' the fluid in the process of boring into the Cask, but which also has provision. for ope'n-ingor displacing it from the outside of tbe cask, enabling it to he used' as the controlling-valve for opening and closing the faucet in drawing of? the contents of the vessel to which the faucet is applied.

The drawing represents faucet embodying my improvement. i

a denotes the screw-threaded end; the @duction or delivery-end; c, the bit by which the hole is 'bored into the cask or'bnrrehto connect the faucet therewith. i This bit is applied to or projects from valve, d, which ts into or over the induction-mouth of ,therfau'oov this valve being fixed to one end of a valve-'stem or roil, c, which is mounted and'slides in bearings in the interior of' the faucet, 'the opposite end ot' this rod projeciinr out from the faucet, and forming a handle, as seen ntf.

A recess or groove is ont down into the outer surface oi' the faucet for the outer end of the rod to slide within, and the side walls of this recess prevent the hit from turning relatively to or excepting with the faucet.

A projection, g, may be extended out from'thc front. end of the faucet, for the application ot' va wrench or of a. bit-stock, wherewith to turn the bit and faucet into the cask; 'or the bit may be otherwise turned by hand or by application of a Wrench.

In attaohing'the faucet to :t cusk, the rnlvc t? i; closed against the end of the faucet, and the bit is then turned into the side of' the cask, the4 rotation of the bit being kept up until the stave is penetrated, and the sci-ewsthread of the foucet enters the hole so bored, the presence of the vvulve against the month of the faucet preventinr all escapeo' the liquid during tire process of' entering. When the faucet has been entered suilleiently for, any part of the contents oi' the eask muy be drown by simply pushing in vthe valve, by nieans of the handlef of the valve-rod; and the ilo-w of liquid may he similarly arrested by drawing forward the handle, und thereby closing` the vulve against its seat A boring or tapping-faucet can be thus made at n cost less than or not exceeding the cost of the common faucet, and the construction obviates the difiicultics encountered in first boring a hole with n bit and then applying it faucet.

I claim a tapping-faucet having a combined vulve und. bit, arranged to operate substantially as set forth,

l ALFRED WEED Witnesses:

FRANCIS GoULp, LuH. LATIMER. 

